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Messages - Flurmy

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User Tools / Re: NWCCONVERTOR
It seems the "NWC User" isn't recognised anymore.
Furthermore, "Sorry, no new users possible".
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Object Plugins / Re: PageTxtMaestro.nw
Quote from: David Palmquist –
This instruction doesn't make it clear whether you can have just one PageTxtMaestro on a staff to serve more than one PgTxt object, or , if you have more than one PgTxt object on that staff, you need more than one PageTxtMaestro objects.
I've always put only one PageTxtMaestro object only, even with many PgTxt objects.
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Add an object of type PageTxtMaestro.nw into the front of your top staff.
This object does all of the printing work, so you need to add it first.
Note that your top staff must contain at least one note before PageTxtMaestro can do its job.
If I put a PageTxtMaestro.nw on multiple staves is because they can become the top staff when printing parts.
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General Discussion / Re: Windows 11
I can understand David fears because the 2.8 installer requires a previous 2.75a (or, better, 275a.2) already installed.
If David did all the updating steps for a long time there is the risk to have to redo all those steps... back to the need of the CD.
Not sure at all, but quite afraid!
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User Tools / Re: NWCCONVERTOR
I converted an xml file, so I got  the setup window.
After having filled the data in the "NWC title page section" and in "parts/staves" having set "Lyric lines" = 0, I clicked "ok".
Conversion done and file saved, I got:
  • The title remained the one proposed by the xml file.
  • Author and lyricist are ok.
  • Copyrigths are empty. My changes ignored or remained those proposed by the xml file?
  • "Lyric lines" = 1. Change ignored.
Not a big problem, but then you could skip the whole "setup window" and set them in NWC.  :D

If,, for any reason, you want to abort the conversion project at any stage, the only way to restart is to close and reopen NWCconvertor.
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User Tools / Re: NWCCONVERTOR
Sorry for being such a p.i.t.a. but, once again, the text is unreadable.
The loggings are saying:
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Analysing...
Input file: F:/Tmp/elpueblo.mxl
Unzipping...
Unzipping META-INF/container.xml
Extracted: META-INF/container.xml
Unzipping score.xml
Extracted: score.xml
Waiting for setup...
Converting...
Conversion completed.
Output saved in:
F:/Tmp/elpueblo-mxl.nwctxt
but...
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General Discussion / Re: Old files don't open
There is no reason you shouldn't open old 1.75 files in NWC 2.75a.

With "open" you mean dounble clicking on a .nwc file? Then the problem is in the file association in the windows shell.
Check by using, in NWC, file -> Open.
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General Discussion / What's a plus?
In current violin music, pizzicato with the left hand is indicated by a + above the note (see: Alban Berg - Violin Concerto).
Ok.

But in ancient music (and not for violin)? For example, Telemann for flute (see figure).
(My best guess: accent.)

And the vertical dashes? For example, Telemann for flute (see figure).
(My best guess: staccato.)
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General Discussion / Re: REINSTALL nwc after computer crash
Quote from: Lawrie Pardy –
Umm, I was referring to re-purchasing NWC, not the need for a reader...  Guess I should have been more explicit.
Sorry, Lawrie. Of course I was kidding.

But, since your message went right after David's
Quote from: David Palmquist –
An optical drive will connect to your laptop by USB and allow you to read your Noteworthy installation disc.   They aren't very expensive - I found refurbished or "open box" units online for less than $30CDN.
you can forgive me having misunderstood.  :)
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General Discussion / Re: Beats in a bar
Layering works but, if only for this, it's an overkill.
Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.751,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:Bb,Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Cb|Tonic:G
|TimeSig|Signature:3/4
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-4,-1|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:2
|RestChord|Dur:8th|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem,HideRest|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Up
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2,1
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:-5^,-3|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:2
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:-5,-1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|RestChord|Dur:8th|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem,HideRest|Dur2:Half|Pos2:-5,-2
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
Hint: read attentively what Mike wrote.

N.B. NWC doesn't care, but the stem direction of the 2/4 chord was wrong.
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Object Plugins / Re: PageTxtMaestro.nw
I often do similar things and I never had any problem.
Hint: do you change the "page style" name for each different PageText?
I usually have them named "subtitle", "page number", "instrument" etc.
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General Discussion / Fonts.ini
Fonts.ini is very good for having the fonts specific to NWC not cluttering the system font list.
Recently (...today) I had to add a font to NWC, so I added it manually to fonts.ini.
Does it exist in NWC an "official" (read: user friendly) procedure to add fonts to Fonts.ini?
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General Discussion / Re: Nederlandstalige terminologie
Slur = Legatoboog
Tie = Overbinding
Beam = Waardestreep

N.B. No, I'm not fluent in Dutch at all. I can barely understand something.
In these cases I use a trick.
I look at Wikipedia in a language I know well for the exact meaning I'm looking for, then I ask for the correspondent page in the other languages.  ;)
As you can see, there is no correspondent Dutch page for Stem.  :(
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User Tools / Re: NWCCONVERTOR
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04/07/2024: 2.0.01
- including the pencil_icon in the zip file.
Still needed, but not included anymore.
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General Discussion / Two in the place for three
Converting that file I got the warning
"Tuplet 2/3 can't be processed.
  Staff: P1/staff-2/voice-3, measure: 38"
This can be solved using this trick:
Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.751,Single)
|User|TupletMarks.fso|Pos:11.5|span:2|number:2
|Note|Dur:8th,Dotted,Slur|Pos:7|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First,XDotSpace=-1
|Note|Dur:8th,Dotted|Pos:6|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End,XDotSpace=-1
|User|TupletMarks.fso|Pos:10.5|span:2|number:2
|Note|Dur:8th,Dotted,Slur|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First,XDotSpace=-1
|Note|Dur:8th,Dotted|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End,XDotSpace=-1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
This is just for information; I think implementing it in the program is too much hassle for too little.  O:)

By the way: the music notated in NWC is attached here. No need to say that it's a joke a friend of mine sent me!  :))
"Genetliaco" is a very erudite form of "birthday"...
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User Tools / Re: NWCCONVERTOR
Quote from: Opagust –
I think you will have move the pedal marks manually at the right place in the staff where they belong
I think so too.

Quote from: Opagust –
Maybe you should change your colour theme?
Well, of course the problem is the colour theme, but it's not "mine", it's the Windows 10 standard dark theme.

Thank you for the fix.

P.S. That file was generated by Sibelius. Sibelius the software, of course! :-)
"[Musicians] talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art." - Jean Sibelius
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User Tools / Re: NWCCONVERTOR
In the options->MusicXml to NWC tab, what's that black band? (see attached screenshot)

When I use "browse" to select Ultraedit for "Open NWC output file with..." my choice seems to be ignored or, at least, not remembered.
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User Tools / No conversion
Missing conversion:
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Analysing...
Input file: C:/Users/Flurmy/Desktop/Il genetliaco.xml
Waiting for setup...
Converting...
Then: CPU used = 0%  :D
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General Discussion / Re: Scripts and programs
Yes, Lawrie, as far as I know you're correct.
Just a detail: the original pascal was a semi-compiled language. The compiler used to generate the so-called "P-code", later interpreted during runtime.
Then arrived Borland Turbo Pascal...  ;)
Look here.
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General Discussion / Scripts and programs
Quite often, the terms script and scripting are used as synonyms for program and programming, respectively.
The inventor of the Perl programming language, Larry Wall, tried to explain the difference between script and program in a humorous way.
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Suppose you went back to Ada Lovelace and asked her the difference between a script and a program.
She’d probably look at you funny, then say something like: «Well, a script is what you give the actors, but a program is what you give the audience».
That Ada was one sharp lady…
Since her time, we seem to have gotten a bit more confused about what we mean when we say scripting.
It confuses even me, and I’m supposed to be one of the experts.
:D
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User Tools / Re: Percussion splitter
A program update.
The changes are too many to be listed, hence version 2.0, but in a nutshell I can resume them as: much, much less need for manual adjust of the resulting staves.
The usage instruction are unchanged.
You can find the new code in the first message of this thread.
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General Discussion / Re: Wrong verse highlighted after master repeat
Quote from: Alan_J –
I guess I'm inferring from the second piece, that the composer used the wrong symbols to signal his intent.... or the typesetter made a mistake in his manuscript interpretation.
I have no difficulty to assume something like this.  ;)
Quote from: Alan_J –
Either way, it'll print out exactly like the original and the end-user can make up their own mind how to interpret it.
Easy way out!  :))
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General Discussion / Re: Wrong verse highlighted after master repeat
I tried to follow your reasoning by I was lost.
Could you please attach an example?

By the way: your statement puzzles me a lot.
Quote from: Alan_J –
The D.C. at end was likely intended to return to the beginning of the verses, NOT including the 2-measure repeat ad-lib at the start.
Indeed, D.C. (in music  :D ) means "da capo" that is verbatim for "from the beginning". I'd then expect to resume the whole score, including the first two measures.
If you want to resume from a different point instead of the beginning then you must use the "dal segno" that means, verbatim, "from the mark".
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General Discussion / Re: Missing missing octave accidentals
Quote from: Lawrie Pardy –
I think it's because they're in octaves and thus could be correct.
Could be correct? Why?
I don't think so.
Quote from: Lawrie Pardy –
(notice that the 4th note in the 1st bar is erroneously affected by the accidental on the preceding note - this is a long time quirk of NWC):
Yes, I know that, but, let me say, it's terrible for reading at first sight.
A Vivaldi manuscript I recently notated had those orrors... (not a mistyping :) )
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General Discussion / Re: Missing missing octave accidentals
Quote from: Warren Porter –
When changing a note to an octave chord, all attributes of the original note are applied to the created one.
Thanks, Warren, but usually this kind of problem arises because I'm copying from a "bugged" score.
Rarely I needed to add the octave to a long section.

By the way: for the same function there is also OctaveDoubling.nw.nwcut.lua, rg_AddOctave.php, rg_AddOctave.Lua.
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General Discussion / Re: Wrong verse highlighted after master repeat
It's notorious that NWC after the D.C. or D.S. does not applies the master repeats.
Well, that's one of the two "standards" and has its reasons.  :)

What happens with the lyrics looks instead as a bug.
I'm not one of the experts mentioned by Mike but I can suggest a workaround as follows.
Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]
!NoteWorthyComposer(2.751)
|Editor|ActiveStaff:1|CaretIndex:21|CaretPos:-1
|SongInfo|Title:""|Author:""|Lyricist:""|Copyright1:""|Copyright2:""
|PgSetup|StaffSize:16|Zoom:4|TitlePage:Y|JustifyVertically:Y|PrintSystemSepMark:N|ExtendLastSystem:N|DurationPadding:Y|PageNumbers:0|StaffLabels:None|BarNumbers:Plain|StartingBar:1
|Font|Style:StaffItalic|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:10|Bold:Y|Italic:Y|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:StaffBold|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:Y|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:StaffLyric|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:7|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:PageTitleText|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:24|Bold:Y|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:PageText|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:12|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:PageSmallText|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User1|Typeface:"MusikDingsSans"|Size:18|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User2|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User3|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User4|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User5|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User6|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|PgMargins|Left:1.27|Top:1.27|Right:1.27|Bottom:2.00|Mirror:N
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff"|Group:"Standard"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Open (hidden)|Visible:Y|BoundaryTop:12|BoundaryBottom:16|Lines:5|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:1
|StaffInstrument|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Lyrics|Placement:Bottom|Align:Standard Rules|Offset:0
|Lyric1|Text:"\n"
|Lyric2|Text:"two two two two\ntwo two two two\n"
|Lyric3|Text:"three three three three\nthree three three three\n"
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C|Tonic:C
|Tempo|Tempo:220|Pos:10
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Dynamic|Style:f|Pos:-8|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0|Opts:Lyric=Never
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0|Opts:Lyric=Never
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0|Opts:Lyric=Never
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0|Opts:Lyric=Never
|Bar|Style:LocalRepeatClose|Repeat:2|Visibility:Never
|Ending|Visibility:Never
|Bar|Style:MasterRepeatClose
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Flow|Style:DaCapo|Pos:10
|Bar|Style:SectionClose|SysBreak:Y
!NoteWorthyComposer-End
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General Discussion / Re: Memory lost :-)
Touché!
Thank you very much, Harald.
Now I understand why I could not find it. I was looking for the wrong words.
Ah, my bad memory....
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General Discussion / Memory lost :-)
Long, long ago I met a score for piano in which the autor, obviously a romantic  ;), wrote "to be played at full strength" and, a few bars later, "stronger".
I don't remember even if it was written in italian ("con tutta la forza", "ancora più forte") or in German.
Maybe it was Schumann or Schubert, but I'm not sure at all. Surely it is a famous one.
Can someone help my memory?  :)